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September 28th, 2010

What other people call junk, I call rafts. Stagnant, never used items are in your life for a reason….. providing clues to an attachment you’re struggling to release. They may represent an old belief system, obsolete need, or unexpressed part of you that needs to be discovered. A wedding dress can represent a happy time in your life—or the hopes you had for your marriage; a shelf piled with your grandparent’s old dishes honors your family or the special love your granny had for you; a box of dusty, never opened action figures represents a dream you had of starting your own business. Uncovering the reasons why you’re clinging to certain possessions can help you release the attachment—and find a better way to fulfill the goal conquer your clutter. Here’s how.

Tags: clutter, junk, SHED, sentimental reasons, unfulfilled dream, companionship, organizing, space

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Comment posted on 10/09/2010 at 04:30 am

There are people in the world who see the clutter, the molds, the dirt but they feel they would not bother spending time cleaning it up, cannot handle it or do not want to handle it even if help is offered since they have more important priorities or other things they enjoy in life with their limited time on earth. It is very hard for the love ones who live with them or for friends or relatives who may be visiting but their friends, love ones or relatives will not say anything negative to them. What is your take on it? Have you had success in helping asperger who lived with family in a small space.

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Comment posted on 11/03/2010 at 04:46 am

I need to understand if I am walking past the messes and tasks because I am lazy or because I am avoiding them and the discomfort of facing them. Does it matter? All I know is I need to change or I remain constantly unhappy and frustrated. What I have considered is that I am blocking out the mess...essentially by walking away from it...because facing it head on is too overwhelming....Overwhelming because there is always so much to do. And especially when things have gotten out of hand it is literally scary how much there is to do...do the dishes and clean the sinks and toilets and floors and vacuum and wash windows and clean out the fridge and closets and do the laundry and water the plants and dust and put away the clutter. The obvious answer is to focus and do one thing at a time so you are not overwhelmed....but the *feeling* is that of being overwhelmed. Is that why I don't do it?? and let it get worse even though it is making me very unhappy?? In fact it is truly *painful* that everything around me is messy and dirty. I feel both ashamed and guilty because I am a parent and my children deserves a better home and lifestyle. I am at my wits end. I have tried telling myself how much happier I will be to get things done...yet I still *avoid* doing these things...again I think maybe blocking it out because facing it head on makes me have to face the enormity of these tasks and the endless cycle that it seems I cannot keep up with. I suppose I need *help* however I don't suppose having a maid would solve the problem...however it might help. huge sigh!!! Any insight is deeply appreciated. thank you